BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241202T174716Z UID:18CFBEB6-8BD8-475E-94E6-76CFC3880CF7 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241121T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241121T170000 DESCRIPTION:Wireless backhaul/fronthaul links are proposed as an alternativ e for massive deployment of small cells because they are more flexible\, e asy to deploy\, and cost effective as compared to the traditional optical fiber links. High frequency millimetre wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) l inks meet the capacity requirements of next generation communication netwo rks. However\, mmWave/THz links suffer from susceptibility to weather cond itions and require a line-of-sight (LoS) connection\, which is the main hu rdle in urban regions. The utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a wireless fronthaul hub point between small cells and the core network is the promising solution. These UAV-hubs acting as networked flying plat forms (NFPs) provide a possibility of wireless LoS fronthaul link and thus \, enable the implementation of mmWave/THz in commercial systems at a fast pace\, and is expected to boom in the next years.\n\nIn this talk we will start with a literature review on the chronological order for mmWave/THz communications\, Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)\, UAVs and multihop technology with the objective to introduce the different technologies that will merge to solve the challenges faced by Terahertz communications. Alo ng the whole talk\, we will highlight the different technologies that enab le the tackled scenario\, together with the comparison to the different pr oposals from the literature/industry to deal with such scenario.\n\nSpeake r(s): Nizar Zorba\n\nUniversidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF)\, Barcelona\, Cataluna \, Spain LOCATION:Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF)\, Barcelona\, Cataluna\, Spain ORGANIZER:javierp@usal.es SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Nizar Zorba - Are UAVs needed for wide r implementation of Terahertz Communications? URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/436596 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: #333333\;">Wireless ba ckhaul/fronthaul links are proposed as an alternative for massive deployme nt of small cells because they are more flexible\, easy to deploy\, and co st effective as compared to the traditional optical fiber links. High freq uency millimetre wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) links meet the capacity requirements of next generation communication networks. However\, mmWave/ THz links suffer from susceptibility to weather conditions and require a l ine-of-sight (LoS) connection\, which is the main hurdle in urban regions. The utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a wireless fronthau l hub point between small cells and the core network is the promising solu tion. These UAV-hubs acting as networked flying platforms (NFPs) provide a possibility of wireless LoS fronthaul link and thus\, enable the implemen tation of mmWave/THz in commercial systems at a fast pace\, and is expecte d to boom in the next years.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #333333\;" ><br>In this talk we will start with a literature review on the chronologi cal order for mmWave/THz communications\, Intelligent reflecting surface ( IRS)\, UAVs and multihop technology with the objective to introduce the di fferent technologies that will merge to solve the challenges faced by Tera hertz communications. Along the whole talk\, we will highlight the differe nt technologies that enable the tackled scenario\, together with the compa rison to the different proposals from the literature/industry to deal with such scenario.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR